The objective of this project was to determine the duration and the average dose produced by the local

anesthetic (lidocaine 2%) in alcoholic patients in the Surgery Room of the School of Dentistry, used to
make comparison to patients systemically uncommitted.

The study design was Case / Control. To develop the experiment used a total of 30 patients divided into
two equal groups, with group A patients systemically uncommitted and group B alcoholic patients.
Each group of patients were individually administered an anesthetic amount obtained by calculating the
minimum dose and maximum dose used with the help of a scale to determine the patient's weight.
When administering the anesthetic a stopwatch used, this was calculated from the puncture and
deposition of the anesthetic to the onset of analgesia for each patient. The onset of analgesia was done
checking for signs and symptoms with a browser. After the onset of analgesia, time was calculated for
the final anesthetic duration of the analgesia effect in each patient.

Resulting in that the patients systemically uncommitted assimilated faster in their body what is the
effect of analgesia and therefore the final hour of analgesia was prolonged. Unlike the case of alcoholic
patients where the onset of analgesia was slower and the effect was less analgesic.

We therefore recommend that the application of the anesthetic alcoholic patients, give timely action to
avoid an unnecessary overdose, likewise if the alcoholic patient is systematically committed, you can
apply an anesthetic with vasoconstrictor.

Keywords: Alcoholism, Local anesthesia, Lidocaine, Analgesia.